From 07/10 to 13/10/2019

Monday 7 October

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Justice and Home Affairs Council (and 08/10). *Justice: – Fight against corruption: debate on the need for further action and the EU's role at international level. – Fundamental rights: debate on the challenges in this area in the coming years and adoption of conclusions on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, on the Charter’s 10th anniversary. – Anti-terrorism: presentation by Eurojust of its new anti-terrorism judicial register and adoption of conclusions calling for the strengthening of Eurojust's resources. – Report by the Commission: negotiations with the United States on cross-border access to electronic evidence; progress on combating online hate speech; progress in setting up the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
• Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities (through 10/10). – AFCO-LIBE: Hearing of the Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourová (CZ). – AFET: hearing of the Vice-President designate and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell (E).
• Brussels. European Committee of the Regions. 136th plenary session (through 09/10). To read the agenda, go to: https://bit.ly/2AK7wrw

Tuesday 8 October

• Brussels. Council of the EU. Justice and Home Affairs Council. *Home Affairs: – Right-wing violent extremism and terrorism: analysis of threats and responses, next steps to be taken for information sharing, prevention, awareness raising etc. – New technologies: discussion on security issues related to technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, drones, encryption, 3D printing or biotechnology. – Hybrid threats and internal security: discussion on how to detect, identify and combat these threats in Member States. – Combating sexual abuse of minors: adoption of conclusions. – Migration: state of migration in the EU and progress of work on the problem.
• Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities. – ECON-EMPL: hearing of the Executive Vice-President-designate for Financial Services, Valdis Dombrovskis (LV). – ITRE-IMCO-ECON: Hearing of the Executive Vice-President-designate for the Digital Economy and Competition, Margrethe Vestager. – ENVI: Hearing with Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President for the Environment and on the Green Deal. – SEDE: review of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in defence matters (34 projects). – REGI: Joint meeting with the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and Budget of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities.

Wednesday 9 October

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Eurogroup. *19 participants: – Banking Union: tenth hearing of the Presidency of the ECB Supervisory Council; report on the activities of the Single Resolution Board. – Growth and employment: developments in competitiveness in the euro area. – Preparation of international meetings: exchange rate developments. – Portugal: tenth post-programme monitoring mission. – Miscellaneous: – approval of Fabio Panetta's application and replacement of Sabine Lautenschläger for the ECB's Executive Board. – Latest assessment of the economic situation in the euro area. *Participation extended to the Twenty-Seven: – Fiscal capacity of the euro area: budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness (BICC).
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
• Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. Contribution to the October European Council on the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (Juncker and Oettinger)
• Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 10/10). See the final draft agenda: https://bit.ly/2Mc51DT
• Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Ruling: C-489/19 PPU (Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office – What is at stake: does the Austrian Public Prosecutor's Office constitute an issuing judicial authority in the context of the issuance of a European arrest warrant?)

Thursday 10 October

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Economic and Financial Affairs Council. – Anti-money laundering: presentation by the Commission of four recent reports on the shortcomings of the current anti-money laundering framework and discussion on the methodology for establishing the list of “high-risk” non-Member States. – European financial architecture for development: report of the group of experts. – Preparation for G20, IMF and Coalition of Climate Finance Ministers meetings (Washington, D.C., 17-19/10). - Review of the 2019 financial year of the ‘European Semester’. – Capital Markets Union: information point by the Commission. – Taxation: removal of various countries, including Switzerland and Albania, from the “grey” list of risky countries for tax purposes. – Presentation by the Commission of the proposal for a governance framework for the euro area convergence and competitiveness instrument. – Adoption of a recommendation on the appointment of Fabio Panetta to the ECB's Executive Board. – Presentation by the Court of Auditors of the annual report on the implementation of the EU budget for 2018.
• Luxembourg. General Court. #Ruling: T-536/18 (Société des produits Nestlé/EUIPO – Application for cancellation of Nestlé’s FITNESS trademark).

Friday 11 October

• Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.